Cleaning implement



Sept. 25, 1928.-

w. J. BARBER CLEANING IMPLEMENT Filed sept. 19. 192,5

Patented Sept. 25, 1928.

This invention' relat nient and type in which a plurality 'res CLEANINGIMPLEMENT. Y

`Application led, September 19, 1925. Serial No. 571.351.

es to a cleaning implemore particularly to adevice of the of di cleaningelements are mounte y 5 of a handle in such manner that said cleaningelements tively.

may be The invention lhas for its vide a simple mounting ments whichwill perini to be easilyl and qu handle.V More speci the invention toprovi ments and the handle wi and interlock when assemble th pa d so asto secure fferent kinds of d upon the end used alternately orselecobject to profor the cleaning elet the said elements ickly removedfromthe cally it is the object of de the cleaning elerts that interfitthe cleaning elements together and toV the handle and further to provideinterchangeable holders carrying different kinds of cleaning elements soused for many d With the above and further i V which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the

the device as il invention .may

thatthe implements can be ilferent purposes.

objects in view,

be said to comprise lustrated in the accompanying hereinafter describedand particuforth in the appended claims together with such variations anJthereof as will be'apparent d modifications to one skilled in the artto which the invention a-ppertains.

Reference sh ing drawings in tion showing the handle with the cleanithereon; Fig. Q is a the attaching mein which Fig. 1

ould be had to theaccoinpanyis a rear elevaforward portion of the ngelements mounted transverse section through ber of the handle and the,cleaning elements mounted thereon, showing the manner in gether and tothe handle;

tive view handle and the cleaning el Fig which they are .secured to- 3lis a perspecshowing. the attaching end of the ements detached from'thehandle. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a brush adapted t vgee andmounted in an identical'holder.; Fig.-

lternative construction erent form of interlock.

the accompanying drawings s a suitable ferrule 2 rigidly end thereof,the ferovi'ded with laterally extending 5 shows an a there is a diffReferring to the handle 1 ha secured to the forward rule being prflanges 3 4 is rigidly attached by means le securing devices.

n the form of a sheet metal ortion to which the other suitab ing member4 is i plate having a fiat body p flanges 3 to which a suitable of theferrule are o replace the squeein whic4 attaching plate of rivets orrlhe attachattached. he

h v cured within the channell formed between "the holder 13 and as bodyportion 5 of the attaching member extends transversely a plane inclinedwith respect to the axis of the handle. The upper edge portion of theattaching member 4 is bent backto forma rearwardly inclined flange 6 asclearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. j

Theattaching member 4 forms the support for the cleaning elements andone vof these i cleaning elements is provided with a sheet metal holder7 hich has a vflat body portion 8 of substantially the same size andshape as the body portion 5 of the attaching member. The holder 7 has arearwardly inclined flange 9 at its upper edge which is adapted to lieupon the rearwardly inclined flange 6 of the attaching member 4, theflange Qbeing provided with inturned edge portions 10 which lare adaptedto ,engage the opposite edges of the flange nenni-ros, omdassreivon rroTian n. a N. MANUFACTURING onro, A Conroe-Arion or onro.

of the handle and lies inf holder 7 and this cleaning element may be inthe form of a washing pad 12 which,"as shown herein, is of felt or othersuitable material riveted or otherwise rigidly secured to the holder 7.l

A second 'holder 13 is formed from a strip of sheetvmetal which has yitsopposite loiigitudinal edge portions .benty back upon them-- selves, theholder having'a central portion 14 and Vopposite edge portions forminginnerand outerwiianges 15 and 16 which are bent back intosubstantialyparallelism with vthe central ortion 14v forming oppositelyfacing channels throughout the length of the holder.

A suitable cleaning element may be sethe outer flange 16 and the centralportion 14 of cleaning element may be a squeegee consisting of ner strip18 kbeing of less width than the. outer strip 17 to form a .secondgscraping edge. rIhe rubber strips 17 and 18 are' rigidly se'- curedwithin the channel means and as shown herein may be held in placeby'indentations 19 formed in they outer flange 16; The channel which isformed be- 10o shown herein this secondf two flat rubber strips 17and'18 the inl by any suitable tween the inner flange 15 and the centralis retricted between the top and bottom thereof so that the holder 13has africtional grip upon the overlying flanges 6 and 9 to secure theholder 7 firmly in place on the attaching' member 4 and to retain itselfupon the overlying flanges 6 and 9. This restriction may `be formed byproviding an inward bulge in the central portion 14 of the holderl 13 sothat as the holder 13 is forced onto the overlying flanges 6 and 9 theflange 15 is sprung thek holder lying against the bodyl lwhile t-hedevice is being used.

slightly away from the central. portion 14 of the holder and Vby reasonof its resiliency compresses Ythe flanges 6 and 9 against the bulge 20.f

In assembling the cleaning elements upon Vthe attaching plate 4the'holder 7 is first slipped into place with the lower edge of theattaching plate 4 in the channel formed by the inturnedflange 11, thebody portion 8 of portion 5 of the attaching plate and the flange 9 ofthe holder'overlying the flange 46 of the attaching plate. The channelbetween the flange 11 and body portion 8 of the holder7 being slightlyWider at the top than at the bottom to permit the holder 7 torbe readilyslipped into place on the attaching plate 4. The holder 13 is thenslipped onto the overlying flanges 6 and 9, securing these flangestogether and firmly retaining the holder 7 on the attaching plate. Thecleaning elements with their sheet metal holders may be manufactured andsold separately and whenever one of the cleaning elements becomes wornout it may be quickly replaced by a new ele- Vment. f

y A4 further advantageous feature of the invention is that either holderwith its attached cleaning element may bevery quickly replaced vwithanother holder provided with the same or adifferent kind of cleaningelement For'instance, the pad might become Vtoo dirty to functionproperly, in which case it could be quickly replaced with a clean pad.For some cleanvto ing operations aV different combination of cleaningelements may be desirable and such separate interchangeable holders. Asanv illustration of theidea of interchangeable cleaning elements thereis shown, in Fig. 4, a hold- `-er v13in which there is a brush 21mounted in thechannel formed between the flange 16 and the centralportion 14 thereof, the brush me replaced with the holder 131l ver 7a isheld upon the flange 6 21 with its holder being adapted to replace thesqueegee. The bristles of the brush 21 may be held by asuitable fabricbinder 22 which encloses thel bristles along-the inner edge of the brushand `which may be secured in place by sewing through the bristles. Thespecific manner of securing the bristles is, however, immaterial to thepresent invention and the brush itself may be formed in various wayswell known in the art. To replace the squeegee with the brush or vi ceversa the holder 13 can be stripped ofi1 the attaching member of thehandle byy a single movement and replaced with another holder 13carrying a brush or squeegee as the ease may be.

In Fig. 5 of the drawing there is shown a slightly modified constructionin which the sheet metal holders have a different form of interlockwith. each other and with the flange 6 of the attaching member. In thismodification the holder 7a has a flange 1.1:L at its lower edge whichcorresponds to the flange l1 in the modification first 'described but atits upper edge the holder 71 has a fiangeflawhich is bent outwardlyinstead of inwardly, the flange 9afbeingat` an inclination such that,when the holder7a is in place on the attaching member 4, it will liesubstantially in the plane of the flange 6. The holder 13 is similar tothe holder 13 above described except l that when in place the channelwhich holds the cleaning element lies to the inner side'of the flange 6and the outer flange 16a extends beyond the holding channel for thecleaning element and has a return bend 23 along its outer edge forming achannel to receive the flange 9a of the holder 7 a. When the holder 7ais in place in the attaching member 4 the holder 13a may be slippedendwise over the flanges and 9a to secure the two holders together andto the attaching plate 4. In this modification the holder 7a may beremoved independently of the holder 13a by clipi'iin-g the same endwiseon the attaching member 4 and the same or a counterpart holder mayproperly engaging its flanges with the plate 4 and with the flange 16aand sliding it endwise on the attaching plate 4. Also the holdwhen theholder 7aL is removed with suicient security-to permit use of' thecleaning element carried thereby so that .it is not necessary to mountthe second cleaning element until said second cleaning element isneeded. y

Having described my invention what I claim is:

1. In a device of thecharacter described7 a handler having an attachingmember provided with a projecting edge portion, aholder adapted to fitupon said attaching member and havinO' a projecting edge portion adaptedto lie aon'gside the projecting edge portion of the attaching' member, asecond holder having a portieri adapted to grip projectlle in place by Yvthe end thereof, said platehaving a flat body Y handle having tachingplate thereof, a holder formed gether and to the attaching member, and alcleaning element carried by one vof said hold- 2. In a device of thecharacter described, a

handle having an attaching member secured thereto, a pair of holders.provided with interlitting portions formedto interlock with each otherand with said attaching member to detachably secure the. same togetherand to said member, and a cleaning element carried by one of saidholders. c

3. In a device of the character described, a

a transversely disposed attaching plate secured to the end thereof, saidplate having a flange extending along an edge thereof, a holder formedof sheet metal and adapted to overlie said plate, said holder havingedge portions bent to engage with edge portions of said plate to holdthe same to the plate and against lateral movements on the plate, and aholder in the form a sheet metal clip engageable with the Vflange of theatand with an adjacent edge of the first holder to secure the saineagainst removal from the plate and a cleaning element carried by saidsecond holder. l

4c. ln a device ofthe character described, a handle having atransversely disposed attaching plate secured to the end thereof, saidplate having a ange extending along anedge of sheet metal and adapted tooverlie said plate,fsaid holder having an edge flange adapted to liealongside the edge flange of the attaching plate and having another edgeflange engageablewith an edge portion of said attaching plate, aholderembracing the adjacent edge flanges of t-he first'holder and of theattaching pla-te to secure the holders together and to the attachingplate, and a cleaning element Acarried by one of said holders.

5. In a device of the character described, a handle having atransversely disposed attaching plate secured to the end thereof, saidplate having a flan ge extending along an edge thereof, a sheet metalholder adapted to overlie said attachingfplate, said holder having areverseljy7 bent flange' forming a channel to receive the edge of theattaching plate opposite the flange thereof and a flange on thelopposite edge adapted to overlie the flange of the attaching plate, asheet-,metal holder provided with a portion bent back upon itself toform a channel adapted to receive the flange of the attaching plate andthe overlying flange of the rst holder, and a cleaning element carriedby one of said holders.

6. lin a device of the character described, a handle having an attachingp late secured to portion extending across the end of the handle andlying'in a plane inclined to the axis of the handle, said plate having arearwardly inclined flange along its upper edge, a sheet metal holderhaving a. fiat body portion adapted to lie upon the outer face of saidattaching plate and a rearwardly inclined flange along its upper edgeadapted to of the attac-hing plate, said holder having a flange at itslower edge bent inwardly and baclr'into parallelism with the body toform a channel to receivegthe lower edge of the attaching plate, asecond sheet metal holder having a central portion and o'ppositelongi-Atudinal edgey portionsbent back into parallelism with the centralportion to form oppositely facing channels, the inner of which isadapted to receive the overlying flanges of said attaching plate andsaid first mentioned holder, and a cleaning element carried by one ofsaid holders.

7. ln a device of the character described, ay handle having an attachingplate secured tov the end thereof, said plate having a flat body portionextending across the end of the handle and lying in a lie upon theflange plane inclined to the l wardly inclined flange along its upperedge, a sheet metal holder having a flat body portion adapted to lieupon thel outer face' of said attaching plate and a rearwardly inclinedflange along its upper edge adapted to klie upon the flange of theattaching plate, said flange having end portions bent inwardly to engageopposite ends ofthe flange Yof the attaching plate, said holderrhaving aflange at its lower edge bent inwardly and back into parallelism withthe body to form a channel to receive. the lower edge of the attachingplate, a second sheet metal holder having a central portion and oppositelongitudinal edge portions bent-back into parallelism with the centralportion to form oppositelyv facing channels, the inner of which isadapted to receive the overlying flanges of said attaching plate andsaid first mentioned holder, said inner channel having a restrictedportion adapted to frictionally grip the overlying` flanges of theattaching plate ,and first mentioned holder, and a cleaning elementcarried by one. of'said holders.

8. In a device of the character described, ahandle having a transverselydisposedv attaching plate attached to the end thereof, said plate havinga .flange extending along the edge thereof, a cleaning element holderformed of sheet metal said plate, said holderhaving edge portions benttoengage with edge portions of sai plate to hold the sameto the plate andagainst lateral movement on the'plate, and a retaining Vmember in theform of a sheet metal. clip engageable with the flange ofthe attachingplate and with an adjacent edge of said holderv to secure the sameagainst removal from the plate. i

9. In a device ofthe character edescribed, a handle having atransversely disposed attaching plate secured to the end thereof,l saidv plate having a flange extending along the edge thereof, a. cleaningelement holder formed of sheetmetal and adapted to overlie said plate,said holder having Van edge 5 flange adapted to lie alongside the edgefiange of the attaching plate and an edge lange'en-- Y 'gageable withthe edge of `said attaching plate opposite the lla nge thereof, and aretaining member adapted to embrace the adjacent edge flanges of saidholder and attaching plate to secure said holder to the attaching plate.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto arlliX my signature.

WILLIAM J. BARBER.

